Jack Kerouac’s ‘On The Road’ published 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 5 1957)


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(Thursday, September 5, 1957) — The novel On the Road by American writer Jack Kerouac, considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, was first published today by Viking Press.